Just bought the dlcs course pass as I said in a previous post, the new dlc tracks bgm are really cool, but this one surprised me (in a positive way lol)

I know im probably beating a dead horse but none of my IRL friends play MK8 at 200cc so please bear with me.

Recently my buddy got a switch 2 and MKW, I went over and we played through every grand prix at 150CC and I have some mixed feelings.

The Maps Are Bad:
First of all, the maps are awful compared to MK8. Having frequent long straight aways are boring and make my skin itch. I've always thought that drift builds in mario kart are the best so having that ripped away from me for the 'experience of driving between maps' made me feel ill.
In theory I like the concept but that should be saved for a campaign mode, the actual maps should be succinct and fun. The best maps are the ones with 3 solid laps, but many of them have 2 bad laps and then the last one is killer, the donkey kong map stands out as a shining example of that. MK8 does this feature significantly better by not having it at all.

150cc is too slow
150cc is too slow, I'm sorry. If you like it, I'm so happy for you, but I cannot enjoy it. I feel like the karts are driving through the rough patches outside of the track during the entire thing.
At 150cc you do not have to press the brake button literally at all so whats the point of even having it?
I get that the speed is supposed to come from getting boosts you get from grinding and wall jumping, but even with that it doesnt matter because it feels like the maps were designed by the kindergartner who was more interested in eating the glue in the back of the class rather than participating in the level design activity the teacher set out.

Shy Guy Needs More Skins:
this is just because I like shy guy and I wanted there to be 3 points on my post

tl:dr see bolded text above

At the moment I'm literally poor lol, I cannot afford the Switch 2, so I was wondering how was MK8 doing online.

I want to get the DLCs and get the Nintendo Online subscription and have a fresh start on the game.

At the 32-second mark of this particular theme, I would always mistake a subtle sound effect for my dad calling my name. It’s hard to hear normally but it would pop up in my TV’s speakers. Do you ever hallucinate people calling your name while listening to music?

Awwww mama mia....

It doesn't have to be a character shown here, it can be any character. These are just the ones that scratch my head the most.

How I play whenever I’m in a high VR lobby and it’s one of my best track.

can y'all help me. i've been playing mkw for almost a year. my rank peaked at 8014 or smth and i keep bouncing back and forth between 76-78. sometimes its not my fault bc of connection errors (WHY does that affect my score??), but yeah i can't really advance and i find it hard to believe that there's people as high as 93.

i started using the funky dorrie, then the long gray rocket thing (cant think of the name), then the dolphin dasher, and now I'm using the Hyper Pipe (i like that the best). i exclusively use Daisy. any tips would be helpful. i would say i'm not the biggest rail/wall user.

Sunset City (Last in the Frog Suit Cup), Yoshi Highway (2nd in Spikeball Cup), and Diamond Underground are New Tracks in the DLC

Sunset City: A Ruined City on the Coast Near Bowser's Castle

Yoshi Highway: A Highway Running Around the Island, In Vs Track Starts in the Urban Region Near Mushroom City

Diamond Underground: A Cave a Tunnels that Has Multiple Ways to Enter and Exit. Mostly Likely Starts in the Region where Sunset Wilds and Bone Dry Dunes Reside

(This is if they add a Whole New Island, Not Smaller Islands).

I think I have about 80 hrs in MK8D not including the progress I lost a few years ago

Most times it goes smooth but when it doesn't...It's the only thing I hate about this map. Like how much do I seriously have to pull up?!?!??

This Yoshi bot must still be running on version 1.1.0, it outlasted almost everyone in an online knockout tour 😂. If I had noticed beforehand, I would have let it win

The DS is fine, I felt like putting tape on it

I like playing the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Iron Man Challenge a lot. The challenge entails beating all 96 tracks on 200cc with hard CPUs while only getting 1st place. I have understandably lost this challenge many times, but there were a select few tracks I have never lost on in the times I have attempted this challenge. Even if I drove or used items suboptimally, it was never a close battle between me and the CPUs on any of these tracks. These are my breathers during a run.

Grumble Volcano was easily the easiest track. With all of the offroad that can get in the way, the other racers kept running into it. Also, split paths are an obvious obstacle to CPUs and Grumble Volcano has 2 of them plus the ability to avoid an optimal glider. Give the CPUs a choice and many will choose wrong over the course of the race. It also helps that Grumble Volcano is among the easiest courses to play optimally on.

DK Jungle is easy offline because of how many tight turns there are that the CPUs flop on. Combine that with the ending shortcut being much faster and it's no surprise that it's here.

Squeaky Clean Sprint also has many CPUs ignore the final glider shortcut that you can even take on lap 1. They also may struggle in the fan section before that and not take the turn tightly enough.

Rome Avanti is the odd one out here since it doesn't have any major shroomless cuts. It has split paths, but they're not significant time losses if the CPUs go the slower path. What I think it comes down to is CPUs struggling on the first lap's Colloseum staircase, some CPUs not taking the lap 3 glider, and CPUs taking the final turn too wide on laps 1 and 3.

Do you guys agree with these picks? Are there other tracks you feel fit in here or one I picked that don't fit for your personal offline experience?

Well, here they are :)

Ok since I saw another post showing their score and time I figured I'd share mine. Didn't take a screenshot of my timer before deleting it so take it as you will.

4 hrs 19min, 150cc, normal COM, and I left out a couple items so I could do better. Not as impressive but just wanted to share ✌️

these are 3 combos that i'd like to try after researching, but the lightweight is so much better. i dont want to play lightweight but i feel like im gonna be on a constant disadvantage